From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 22 06:00:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E40716A403 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:00:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailinglists@tca-cable-connector.com) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC3A13C441 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:00:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mailinglists@tca-cable-connector.com) Received: from [218.16.58.208] (helo=munin.tcaportal.com) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu6) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML29c-1H8sDh1OB3-0006kT; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00:20 +0100 Received: from [10.0.1.102] (bofh.tcaportal.com [10.0.1.102]) by munin.tcaportal.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ABBEA6C50; Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:58:37 +0800 (HKT) In-Reply-To: <45B450C9.8060502@bobmc.net> References: <037FAB79-B890-46CE-9522-E0A7EE58661F@tca-cable-connector.com> <45B450C9.8060502@bobmc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <598B7261-05F2-49E7-A089-7D7AB983537A@tca-cable-connector.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: David Schulz Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:59:28 +0800 To: bobmc X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:1405312fe15d228f5bad0d2fcbb6dc17 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:00:22 -0000 hey, sure, of course i have checked the cat5 first, but it is clearly not the cable. id say it is as ted has written. what i would like to know now is how exactly happens this "hardware incompatibility"? On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:51 PM, bobmc wrote: > David Schulz wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> every once in a while i have a machine (6.1) that out of the blue, >> sometimes after days, some after 6 months, looses Ethernet >> Connectivity. > When something is frequently erratic, suspect software. But your > problem looks like intermittent hardware. I have observed that the > LAN > will be marked down if you boot without it connected. Then if you > connect the LAN and click a web bookmark, it will recover > automatically > without human intervention. > > CAT5 LAN cables with RJ45 plugs are not very robust. And people > tend to > handle them carelessly... stepping on them, tripping over them etc. > They > are usually single strand copper which can break inside the insulation > with frequent flexing. The RJ45 plugs have poor strain relief such > that > the outer insulation pulls out of the plug creating another failure > point. > > So for vexing problems like yours, I would examine the hardware very > closely. > > Cheers, -BobMc- > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"